Kauaʻi water quality is worsening (-79pp in 14 days)
Kauaʻi ocean water quality worsened 79 percentage points over the last 14 days (86% advisory-free two weeks ago vs. 7% advisory-free now).
For a trip in the next week, prioritize islands with stronger structural protection (dry coasts, reef enclosure, no major streams). See cleanest Hawaiian island and BWA alternatives.
Big Island has been mostly advisory-free — the same baseline as the prior two weeks. 0 of our 7 tracked beaches on the island recorded one or more advisory days in that 30-day history window. NOAA's 7-day forecast is dry, so the mostly advisory-free baseline should hold. See the Big Island leaderboard for the beach-by-beach ranking.
Maui is worsening over the last 14 days (-36pp vs. the prior two weeks). 1 of our 6 tracked beaches on the island recorded one or more advisory days in that 30-day history window. NOAA's 7-day forecast is dry, which should halt new advisory activity and let the existing advisories begin to clear. See the Maui leaderboard for the beach-by-beach ranking.
Oʻahu is worsening over the last 14 days (-50pp vs. the prior two weeks). 1 of our 12 tracked beaches on the island recorded one or more advisory days in that 30-day history window. NOAA's 7-day forecast is mild — scattered showers possible but unlikely to drive new advisories. See the Oʻahu leaderboard for the beach-by-beach ranking.
Kauaʻi is worsening over the last 14 days (-79pp vs. the prior two weeks). Our 6 tracked beaches happen not to overlap with the DOH advisories driving this signal — the worsening trend is from island-wide or other-area advisory events. NOAA's 7-day forecast is mild — scattered showers possible but unlikely to drive new advisories. See the Kauaʻi leaderboard for the beach-by-beach ranking.
For the always-live per-island outlook, see our Hawaii Water Quality Forecast, which regenerates daily from NOAA + DOH data.
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